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Antinuke forces thought such celebrating was premature. Physicist Henry Kendall of the Union of Concerned Scientists called the test meaningless because the LOFT reactor has less than 2% of the output of a typical atomic plant. Said his colleague Robert Pollard: "It's like using a kite to prove a moon rocket will work." But LOFT scientists rejected that argument. Said one: "It isn't necessary to crash 747s against buildings to test their safety." One thing was indisputable: the emergency core cooling system did work. Just to make sure that it does the job under different conditions, the Commission...
Mistress Anne Pollard recalls...
...nuclear-energy division in San Jose, Calif, suddenly resigned their jobs in protest. The trio, Dale Bridenbaugh, 44, Gregory Minor, 38, and Richard Hubbard, 38, announced that they would instead work full time for Project Survival, the organization coordinating the anti-nuclear referendum drive in California. Another engineer, Robert Pollard, 36, quit his job with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission in protest over conditions at Consolidated Edison's Indian Point nuclear power plants in Buchanan...
...public was treated to another confusing round of the Great Nuclear Debate last week. Robert Pollard, a safety engineer with the Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, resigned from his post, protesting that poorly designed safeguards at the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Buchanan, N.Y., made them "an accident waiting to happen." He was immediately challenged by Charles Luce, chairman of Consolidated Edison, which built the plants. Backed by company and some Government scientists, Luce pointed out that the plant had been operating for twelve years without harming the public. A catastrophic accident at Indian Point, he said, was as remote...
...other events, sophomores are expected to provide much of the scoring punch for the Big Green. Mark Stebbins, a freestyle sprinter, backstroker Kim Windreth, and breaststroke specialists Paul Cane and Dave Magnus all enjoyed outstanding freshman seasons. Tim Hable in freestyle and Ted Pollard in breaststroke are this year's top freshman prospects...